Hi,
I just got a working(?) Bebop from Craigslist. The old batteries were GiFi and didn't even run a minute, so I bought a For "2500mAh" from Amazon. I am using FreeFlight Pro on iOS. It is set as "joypad" so I can tilt the mobile to my hearts desire without affecting the drone. The only thing I have done with it so far is put on the hull and try to hover in my living room. I only command movement when it drifts. I have a few questions:
1. It's pretty clear that the battery isn't 2500. It is physically sized like the 1600 GiFi's and allows hovering with the hull for only 7-8 minutes. Given that the drone has been discontinued for a while, is that about as good as any battery still available, or do you recommend I return it in favor of a different brand? If so, which brand?
2. About 2 minutes into the hover, the drone will start rising for no reason until it hits the ceiling. Sometimes I can command it down, but a couple of times either I am not fast/aggressive enough with the down command or it ignores me and hits the ceiling. What is going on and how do I fix that?
3. In the FreeFlight Pro, there is an icon on the lower left, a circle with either one or four blue dots in it. What does that do?
4. Is there some type of calibration I could or should do? If yes, where is that on the FreeFlight Pro? I don't see the same icon as shown in the manual (which is Freeflight 3)?
Thanks!
Daniel
I just got a working(?) Bebop from Craigslist. The old batteries were GiFi and didn't even run a minute, so I bought a For "2500mAh" from Amazon. I am using FreeFlight Pro on iOS. It is set as "joypad" so I can tilt the mobile to my hearts desire without affecting the drone. The only thing I have done with it so far is put on the hull and try to hover in my living room. I only command movement when it drifts. I have a few questions:
1. It's pretty clear that the battery isn't 2500. It is physically sized like the 1600 GiFi's and allows hovering with the hull for only 7-8 minutes. Given that the drone has been discontinued for a while, is that about as good as any battery still available, or do you recommend I return it in favor of a different brand? If so, which brand?
2. About 2 minutes into the hover, the drone will start rising for no reason until it hits the ceiling. Sometimes I can command it down, but a couple of times either I am not fast/aggressive enough with the down command or it ignores me and hits the ceiling. What is going on and how do I fix that?
3. In the FreeFlight Pro, there is an icon on the lower left, a circle with either one or four blue dots in it. What does that do?
4. Is there some type of calibration I could or should do? If yes, where is that on the FreeFlight Pro? I don't see the same icon as shown in the manual (which is Freeflight 3)?
Thanks!
Daniel
